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The African and Middle Eastern world, 600-1500 / Randall L. Pouwels.

by Pouwels, Randall Lee, 1944-

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Oxford University Press, 2005.

Islamic civilization.

Medieval and early modern world.

0195222652 (California ed.)

0195221575 (set)

175 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-[169]) and index.

The land of the Arabian nights in the year 600 C.E -- From the Sahara to the rain forest: Africa around 600 C.E -- The messenger of Allah: Muhammad and the beginning of Islam -- The sword of Allah: the Islamic expansion, 632-750 -- The house of Islam, the first worldwide civilization -- The world of the Muslim mind: art and science, philosophy and mysticism -- The glory of the west: al-Andalus and the Maghrib -- Camels and ships: early kingdoms of Africa -- Allah comes to west Africa: the empires of Mali and Songhay -- In majesty he reigns: smiths and divine kings of the forest civilizations -- The emperor's giraffe: Swahili civilization in east Africa -- "There's treasure in those hills!" Bantu-speaking civilizations of central and southern Africa -- Cannons rule the day: the Ottoman Empire.

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